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From Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 549-550
PHILIP KOLB, a highly respected citizen of Platteville, Grant county, and an honored veteran of the Civil war, was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1827, and came to America with his parents, John and Amelia (JUNGE) KOLB, the family locating in Mercer county, Penn., in which State the father died in 1849. The mother's death occurred in Platteville, Wis. In their family were six sons and three daughters, of whom are named: Elizabeth; Phillip; Henry, who died en route to California, in 1850; Jacob, a resident of St. Paul, Minn.; William, of Platteville; John, also a resident of Platteville, who was in the Union army during the Rebellion; George, of Vermilion, S. Dak.; and Mrs. Frances ELGAR, of Platteville.
Philip KOLB began his education in the schools of his native land, and during the residence of the family in Mercer county, Penn., he attended school to some extent. In 1850, at the age of twenty-three years, he came to Platteville, Wis., where he at first worked on a farm, and later engaged in carpentering. In that city he was married, in 1853, to Miss Barbara LEIBERT, a native of Bavaria, Germany, and a daughter of Chrisman and Mary (SAMSON) LEIBERT, who were also born in that kingdom, and on coming to America, in 1856, located at Galena, Ill. There the family lived on a farm for some time, and the removed to Hazel Green, Grant Co., Wis., where Mr. LEIBERT died in 1869, his wife in 1868. Their children were Andrew, a resident of Nebraska; Mary, deceased; Amelia; Mary; Margaret; Nicholas; Frederick; Eva, Mrs. OETTIKER; and Barbara, Mrs. KOLB. Mr. and Mrs. KOLB have six children, namely: (1) John makes his home in Chicago, Ill. (2) Joseph, a resident of Lewistown, Ill., married a Miss HILLYER, and they have four children, Earl, Flo, Beulah and Anna. (3) Flo, also of Lewistown, Ill., married a Miss HOFFMAN, and has one son, Percy. (4) Philip is a teacher of music in the Platteville State Normal. (5) Mary is the wife of Thomas BROOKING, of Macomb, Ill. and they have four children. Melvin, Philip, Flo and Vivian. (6) Christine, Mrs. HARRIS, of Platteville township, Grant county, has one child, Bertie.
At Platteville, in 1865, Mr. KOLB enlisted in company K, 44th Wis. V.I., for one year or during the war, and was mustered into the Untied States service at Madison, Wis. He was on regular duty at Nashville, and later at Paducah, Ky, where he was honorably in September, 1865, the war having ended and his services being no longer needed. He is now an honored member of W. T. Sherman Post, No. 66, G.A.R., and is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, in the welfare of which he takes an active interest. Mr. KOLB, and his wife both hold membership in the Congregational Church, and are among the prominent representative citizens of Grant county.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck